How To Make A Joe Goddard Track

Studio secrets from the Hot Chip member and producer.
London producer Joe Goddard has quite the career under his belt. A founding member of Hot Chip - who he’s been performing with for 18 years - Goddard has made six studio albums with the band, released two solo albums, DJs regularly and even runs his own record label, Greco-Roman.
But how does the man that helped to write countless Hot Chip hits and produced the 2011 classic ‘Gabriel’ make a track? We visited his production space in east London to get an insight into his creative process, where he gave us a step-by-step guide to making music with vintage synths, classic rack effects, Just Blaze drum samples and Cubase. Listen to the finished track below.

[@whiiteshirt7192]

Can we hear the final track in full?

[@180fact]

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[@yousefabraham8855]

you probably dont care but if you guys are bored like me atm you can watch all the new series on instaflixxer. I've been watching with my brother during the lockdown :)

[@nubalance]

Great video. I enjoyed his commentary and seeing his process. If you post more of these videos, I’ll gladly watch them.

[@KarzenX]

Love Hot Chip’s music; especially production style and technique. And watching him do it -Das ist Fantastisch! Can’t help hearing Basement Jaxx in this. 👂🏽👈🏼🎛🎹

[@Seb_da_Head]

Inspirational! love the sound texture

[@kyeperry5746]

Really rate Joe Goddard, met him in Glasgow and he was a super nice dude

[@f.p.8577]

one of my favs ever, this dude… thx

[@emnigmamachine]

Love this guy. Great synth selection and he uses Cubase on Windows like a tru G.

[@djlobb]

Cubase actually runs better on Windows than it does on Mac... Go figure. I don't think Steinberg do that intentionally as they have many users on Mac, like Hans Zimmer etc. Junkie XL uses it on a PC as well.

[@ddoublej69]

Enjoyed this. thank you.

[@donaldbedeker7867]

''I'm gonna use one of these synths here in the room. It is a 'somewhat classic' 70s keyboard.'' This dude owns a freaking CS-80 and used it also as his table for spraypaint and a cappuccino cup. Shiiiiiiit.. Nobody is commenting on that?

[@KarzenX]

Donald Bedeker First thing I saw and thought 💭 WITF ? 🤖👈🏼

[@ritec]

Lol thought the same. But did not think of him as “this dude”, more as “joe the legend”.

[@dugnadrec6610]

LOL, I had to actually go through all the models from CS-5 on vintagesynthexplorer just to check that it actually was an 80.... Just couldn't believe it.

[@ricjenner1120]

I thought the sane thing. I know Hot Chip had a couple of hits in the 00s, but how does he afford all of this? His studio has some of the most expensive and rare synths in the world - w MIDI retrofits no less! A large Moog Modular, what looks like a memorymoog or ploymoog, a roland system 100, OB Xa, ARP 2600, and of course the modified CS 80 - plpus a tube tech compressor and loads of vintage outboard gear - I watch loads of these in the studio videos and this has the most high end gear I've seen in a long time. All thats missing is a Yamaha GX 1!

[@fredthebasspro2256]

@@ricjenner1120 If music is not only your profession, but also your (*ONLY*) hobby - you'd be surprised how quickly you can amass a size-able collection. I've heard of some of these producers actually not owning a car at all, instead opting to invest more in their home studio; the thought being hey- it's my job after all isn't it? And home studio means no commute. Plus if you spend 30+ years looking for good deals...well..you eventually find a lot of them! My point being: he obviously didn't pay the current going rates for these legendary studio staples. Often you hear of some of these old heads getting gifted synths, or buying and repairing broken ones back in the day, only to come to find out they had a rare gem years later. It's usually a bit mix of all of this from what I can tell. At least from the 100+ "In the studio's" I've watched LOL. Never too late to start your own collection though and get that GAS goin' mmmmmm ;D

[@experiment0003]

Masterclass. Thanks!

[@taylorblyth94]

Nicely edited. Informative. Also went someway to satisfying my gear lust. Thumbs up from me!

[@stealthmermaid40]

ahaha respect for the just blaze sounds for a while I those were in 70% of my stuff

[@adamkinner4662]

That man is a LEGEND!

[@mrnobody2795]

who's up for apparat & modeselektor for the next video ?

[@jeremyfox7599]

This is awesome!

[@jamielynch8267]

The culture vulture is nuts. Smashes everything so good

[@dazdavison1]

Fantastic well done,

[@RawVeganRising]

I really enjoy content like this. I never watch the Against the Clock episodes. Those are annoying but THIS is helpful quality content.

[@matteopapacchioli1632]

Master!

[@tertuliia]

DOPE!...

[@Henry-dv8tw]

very good

[@theodontosaurus]

amazing stuff, very talented producer

[@Realmemories]

Joe Goddard is a mood

[@flashgordonrocks]

Does anyone know what Yamaha keyboard he’s using?

[@123WelshDan321]

Joe is the V Collection made flesh 😮

[@raindrozest9558]

How To Make A Joe Goddard Track: Use the best synths ever made.

[@fts4life]

Seriously. 100% top shelf, spare no expense, unadulterated synthophilia.

[@nyallwarner4599]

FUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKK! So much gear envy right now - pretty much everything, I've ever wanted

[@marcopoulos3493]

Orpheus, best sound card!

[@MattWarb2]

Cubase yeah!

[@whiskyandsynths]

i wondered what software it was! thanks!

[@mattylujan]

Hero.

[@geraldgoodiii6993]

At 13:33 there is a sweet spot that shoulda been the track

[@MattWarb2]

Comments! Because we all have opinions!

[@dairylandbogurt]

ULC Beats The endless "all this gear and this is what they make? I could have done this in Software" comments were getting old. It was the same dribble in every video, a whole lot of people acting like they were the authority of what constitutes good music. Infuriating.

[@MattWarb2]

dairylandbogurt I agree but I can just ignore them. It's not fair that everyone misses out because of them

[@dairylandbogurt]

ULC Beats True. It does feel a bit wrong they removed them.. I liked reading people's opinions even if they did just piss me off mostly. I get why they did it though.. Discourse is important but I couldn't shake the feeling most commenters were just butthurt 12 yr olds who couldn't afford the fancy boxes.

[@Lilreeces10]

HEY @FACTMAGAZINE...TURN THE COMMENTS BACK ON FOR AGAINST THE CLOCK VIDEOS!

[@hentsuperm2]

my kinda bear

[@ariegabrielg.zavala9429]

I want to tell him to correct his posture so bad

[@loudest_of_noises]

That cannot be good for his back or wrists

[@petermartin9501]

Hunchin' all night

[@dapemba1862]

individual sounds are great but needs a more minimalistic approach. especially the drums with those over the top hi hats

[@twofistsproductions3175]

1st hat destroyed my damn ears maaaan. :((((

[@joelwoods7149]

I wouldn't use the cs-80 to make a 303ish bass line.

[@josepheno2807]

Neville Goddard

[@insideTheMirror_]

I am impressed by how fast he uses the overall shitty Cubase.

[@gulagwithahumanface4471]

I want to know what he bought from supreme lmao

[@Piorun89]

I really enjoyed this episode, workflow, sounds, experiments. But my god. This DAW is unintuitive. Ableton, Logic and FL Studio are the most good looking and intuitive DAW's

[@MattWarb2]

Marcin Wojciech Jaroszyński Cubase is a great DAW

[@MattWarb2]

I switched from FL to Cubase and I'll never use FL again. Tbh I use the OP-1 more than any software. Just Cubase for structuring and Mixing

[@Strafuzz]

Cubase is great

[@messiahblack4816]

I dont know what it is but I cannot sit and watch someone TELL me verbatim what I can clearly SEE them doing...ijs And another thing, since fact tv has disabled comments on Against The Clock I'll just say here, WTF? Are they trolling us or what? Lol.

[@sean0o0808]

sOmE Of tHe wOrSt BeAtS eVeR MaDe...

[@MrMiar94]

You can clearly see what he's doing but some less experienced folk may not. Have a bit of empathy, please.

[@stealthmermaid40]

L for having a rack unit called the culture vulture lmfao

[@NickHchaos]

They're highly regarded. A friend who has a very built up studio has one.

[@crolodon8024]

Who edited this video, his voice is so quiet and the instruments are piercingly loud.... Not very watchable. I love Hot Chip though Joe, not ripping on you at all. FACT, you're fuckin up.

[@barbe1550]

This was a shitty track :-) but I still love the guy.

[@louis.martillo]

This dude has no Idea what he's doing...No understanding of harmony etc , should i be impressed now? Sometimes the artists on fact tv are really Bad...

[@f.p.8577]

no need for this. everybody can make music strict based on theory btw...

[@Tableturn]

I think Joe Goddard’s body of work totally blows your point out of the water. And then drowns it by driving over the top of it. Clown.

[@tr1co0]

How's your over 20 year career as a founding member of Hot Chip going? Oh wait, that's this dude who has no idea what he's doing.

[@topofthemornintoya]

lol, says who?

[@louis.martillo]

Hey Guys no need to be pissed.. When someone produces stuff that sounds to me like complete garbage, I have the right to comment that... If my opinion hit you too hard I am sorry. And Austin, I will listen to his other stuff, thanks for the hint. *kiss